Powder box



Oct. 23, 1928.

J. s-rmls'sV POWDER Box Filed Jan. 20. 192B ATTORNEY.

` powder is not liable to be spilled and therebysoil the clothes of the user. This'consists ofv Patented Oct. 23, 1928'.

UNITE-D yS'IA'rssL JACOB STIRIss, or ANew Yoann. Y. f

POWDER Box.

Application filed January 20, 1928* SeriallNo. 248,243.

r1`his invention relates to powderboxes or what is known to the trade as vanity cases and its object is to provide a boxcomprising a container for the powder and a lid containing a mirror with locking means that will allow the box to the opened easily so that the hooks on one member of the box that engage slots in the other' membeuwhich are disengaged by turning or twisting the members on each other. I .s

JAnother object of theinvention is the feeding of the powder from theinside of the container to its upper side sol itis accessible tov the powder puff and which is an endless band arranged to pass down into the container to gather up lthe powder and conveyittothe outerv surface of the top of said container.

A further object of the l invention is to provide meansl for readily supplying y'the container with powder by hinging vto its ftop. a

frame carrying the endless band so that the Said'frame may be thrown up exposing the opening into which it is adaptedy to operate. .Another object attained by' the invention is means for filling the container and consisting of a door in its top to be lifted to afford access to same. v

These and other objects anddetails ofthe invention are more fully described in the following specification, set forth in .the appended claims and illustrated in the accomy acts as a guide for the hinge. member 17.

panying drawings, wherein:

Figurey 1 is a'plan view'ofI the improved 1 vfore all free to move in their respective slots powder box. Y

Fig. Q'isan edge view thereof). e y. Fig;V 3 is a plan view ofthe device with the lid operi and the box partly'in section. Fig. l is a vertical sectional view through the lines lf-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the beltcary rying frame. Y v l p,

Fig. 6 1s a modiediform of thesliding hinge.

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constructed have been' so locked or fastened when closed that the effort toropen same often injures the linger or breaks the finger nail of 7 is another Vform of the-*locking hook. Vanity boxes of this nature ,as heretofore the party so attempting and results in suchviolent agitation of the .box that the powdered contents is'apt to be shaken over the clothes of the possessor, and in dispensing the loose powder the common practice is to con` line .the powder withina perforated lidand to feed thepowder through same. These per- Vforations wear the feeding means and the pull' to shreds in a short time: A

To overcome these objectionable features the present invention comprises a box7 preferably circular, of two parts 10 and 11, the former being the container for theV powder andthe latter is the lid.; The edgesof'these two membersare knurled or roughened to facilitate the rotation of the two on each other and the lid 11 has several hooks 12 depending therefromand offset towards the inside of. the

same and the edge is rolled in and a ring 11 70 is used to secure thefpmirrorl.Vv i

IThe box 10 hasslots 14 cut in its side to correspond with the hooks 12 and at the side Of each of these slots is a loop or eye 15 into which the-offset end of its adjacent hook enters thus vholding the abutting edges of the members together and locking the lid on the box. Y

ySecured to the lid at its edge is the hinge 16 whose other hinge member isja` flexible segmental strip 17 playing withinthe box f while the hinge passes through `a slot 18 in s The hinge y16 and the'v hooks 12 are thereand-the lid and box maybe Yrotatedon each l Y` membersand prevent any leakage of the powder out of the slots` 14. In the top of the Vcompartment is an'opening 22 and hinged in ,25 being shoved intoa socket indented on gage the box whenv the lidvis closed and take up slack, at the same time permit movement by the finger of the user of the box, and

the clamps for pintle 23 and rod 25 guide the l band and frame. l u

.Therefis also an'opening at one side of the top of lcompartment 20 that is covered by a flap-,door 20 through which thepowder container may be replenished.

- The frame 24: may be held down by the rod prevent its dislodgement from the the top of compartment 20andthe frame may be raised by means of the lip' 24 while the'door 20 may be raised by a similar lip 20.', f

In Fig. 6 aspring wire 30 is shown as being rigidly lsecured to the lid ll by the clamp 314 thatplays in the slot 82 so' that the lidV may be shifted while the wire lies under the edge. 2l. Fig. 7 .also shows a`1nodiiiedhook connection where the hook l2 `iits into a socket formed by punching the wall of thek box l() outward as at 38, andinward as at 34, sok that the depressionv and hole atV the junction of 33 and 34 will permit the hook to en- This improved powder box thus provides against loss of powder andthe spilling of the same over the party attempting to open the box as by the simple rotation of the box and cover permits of the raising of the lid without jolt or jar, thus permitting the powder to remain in the box. y

The minimum of space around the dispens-v ing band also affords a protection against waste and theraising ofthe band frame or door 2Ol permits the replenishing of the box with powder or the vreturn of any that may have found its way to the top of the container and that has not-been inopped up by the powderpu'ff. The location of the ring ilV against the bead on the topof container also prevents leakage and waste `of powder It is obviousthat other alterations or modiiications of the parts maybe resorted to without departing from-the essential'V features above described or from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as iiewiszl. In a powder box,the combination ofa*4 box comprising a containing section and a lid,-a hinge connecting the container section and the lid, and means adapted to lock the lid in closed position when the said container Section and lid yare rotated with relation to each other.l 'l

2. In a powder box, the combination of a box of two sections, a hinge connecting the two sections, meansadapted to allow the hinge to shift with relation to one of the'seceach other. I Y 3.In a powder box, the combination of a ybox comprising two sections, a hinge secured to one section and shiftable in the other section, and hooks from one section adapted to engage the other section when one of the seetions is'rotated' on the other.

tions, and means for locking theV two sectionsv .together when the sections are rotated onV 4f. In apowder box, the combination of a I box compri-sing a container, an 'endless band adapted to feed the powder from the container', a lid5a hingersecured to the lid and slidably connected with the container, and engaging means adapted-to lock the container 'and the lid together when one is rotated with relation to the othengf y y z 5. In a powder box,` the combination of a box comprising a container havingy a top, an

endless band playing through an opening in said top, a lid, a hinge securedto the lidV and slidably connected to the containerand` depending hooks from the lid adapted" to enf gage securing means in the container'whlen one of the box members is rotated with re-V l lation to the other.

`6. In apowder box, the combinationo-fla L vbox comprising acontainer for a powder and having ya cover with an opening, a frame having iiexible ends and carried inl the opening, an endless band adapted to move aroundthe frame and enterthe powder in' the container,V

a lid for the box, a hinge connecting thelid and the container and allowing them to rotate on each other, and locking means actuated by the rotationof the container and lid.. i

7- 111' a Powder box, the combinati@ of a box comprising a container and havingslots in its outer edge, a lid adapted tol impingje the box, a hinge secured to thelid by'ineans of one member, a flexible strip carried Vby .the

other member of the hinge and slidable withfV in the box,a top to the container and having an opening, ahinged framein `the'cpe'ning andgadapted to carry aflexlble band, and

slots of the box.

travel aroundthe frame, a lid, a hinge playing through-a slot'in the box andV secured to the lid', a strip constituting the other, mem- 8.1In a powder box,'the combinationofa box section having a ypowder 'containenland 1 with slots around its edge, a top,` to fthe con'- 'tainer and having an opening, a frame hingedV in the opening, a flexible band adapted to i ylocking means on 'the li'dand playing in the ber of the hinge aan ena-abi@ in nietes, and' g hooks playing n the other slot and adapted opening, a flap-door in another opening, a to lock the lid and boxtogether. v mrror'n the lid, andaring n the lid adapted 9. In a powder box, the combination of a to securel the mirror and to make Contact with 10 container for powder, a lid revolvable about the container top'.` v v 5 the same, looking means for the Container In testimony whereof I hereunto aX my A and the lid, a top for the container and havsignature. X ing openings, a band-carrying frame n an y JACOB ,STIRISS 

